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The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
sefore They Had Policemen,


Some curious documents just found in the
archives Of the Prefecture of Police throw
an interesting and instructive light on the
manner in which the streets Of Paris were
guarded during the night in the sixteenth
century. To begin with, there were strin-
gent rules to the effect that each house
should have only one door and should be
regularly inhabited This being the case, it
was comparatively easy task to order that
the dwellers in the different houses should
IN turn keep an eye on what was going on i'm
their respective streets. They were not
compelled to tramp up and down the pave
ment like the modern policeman: the an-
thorities were satisfied if they looked through
their windows and watched all that was go
ing on below. If the slightest cry were
raised they opened their windows and rang
their bells until their neighbors followed
suit. The alarm spread from street to street.
and soon all the bells in Paris were ringing,
the windows were lit up, and the inhabi-
tants, armed to the teeth, sailed forth, bar
ring the road to the malefactOrs, who were
almost always arrested. / need hardly ex
plain that the Paris of those days was lillipu-
tian in comparison with what it is now: but
what an uncomfortable way they had of
keeping the peace in the sixteenth century,
The remedy was positively worse than the
disease, for it was hard that tie inhabitants
OF one street should be awakened out of their
first sleep because the dwellers in remote
avenue Imagined that something wrong was
going on. One would fancy that in some
quarter or another some noise at least must
have been made every night. The slumbers
OF the ParlSlanS generally must often have
been woeiully curtailed, not to speak of the
volunteer watchmen, for whom "all night
SlttlngS" We're a stern reality
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Darwin's biography, by his sons, is nearly
nnlShed, and will be published in the middle
OF October.
1t was daring device Of train robbers on
the Reading railroad to let themselves down
from the roof Of freight car by rope and
then enter the car and plunder its contents
1t is said that 5000 Boston servant girls
carry books or music rolls on the streets
when they go out, thinking thus to deceive
people as to their occupation.
Stagg, the great pitcher Of the Yale Uni
yersity ball nine, will not accept an offer of
$1,000 year to play on the New York pro-
fessional team because he intends to euteT
the ministry.
Sir Lyon Playfair, who is coming to tine
United States as soon as the British Pariia-
ment is prorogued, and whose wife is a Bos-
ton lady, is the possessor of more foreign
decorations than any other English civilian.
In addition to the Order of the Bath he is an
officer in the Legion of Honor, Commander
Of the Austrian Order of Francis Joseph,
Knight OF the Portuguese Order of the Con-
ception, Knight of the Swedish Order of the
Northern Star and Knight of Wurtemberg.
Jay Gould, Cyrus W. Field, Sidney Dillon,
Russell Sage and Alonzo B. Cornell in the
busy financial season meet and eat lunch to
gether every afternoon between one ard two
O'Clock in the Western Union building or
Broadway, New York. These men repre-.
sent $500, 100000. but they always eat a very
plain lunch at the expense of the Western
Union Company. Jay Gould sits at the
head of the table, No liquors are served
and alter lunch no one of the little group
fingers at the table to smoke cigar.
An account of the funeral of the estimable
wife of Judge Sporter in Dakota paper
winds up with the following touching Incl,
dent: Just after the funeral Budd Newell
happened to mention that he could run the
| fastest foot race Of anybody in the town
The Judge happened to overhear the re-
mark, hurriedly dried his tears, and prompt
| showed mp $40 that he couldn't. The course
was selected on Beacon street. from Fiftf
avenue to the brewery, and the sorrownl
| and grlef-stricken widOwer easily beat BudC
| by about ten yards. Elder HartShorn actet
as starter, and subsequently made SOME
pretty loud threats of licking Mayor Price
who claimed that there was foul play"
Christopher Meyer, who is made conspicu,
GUS in the Ives affair, is an elderly man. He
looks to be fifty, but acquaintances say he is
closer to seventy 1t is only a little while
ago that he married one of the bellies of the
city, only little while out of school. His
home is one of the handsomest of Fifth Ave-
nue's mansions. The wealth of Mr.. Meyer
has been estimated over a wide range of fig
ures, but the littlest is in the millions. He
Is magnate of the rubber trade. He has
built two or three churches and given them
away, just as his friend. Governor Louns-
bury Of Connecticut has done, the two Meth.
| odlst brethren being associated closely in
| business together. They are perhaps the
largest Individual owners of the stock of the
| American Bank Note Company.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
Rice-ThrowIng at Weddings

In the days of the Shang dynasty some
1,50O years before Christ, there lived liz the
province of Shans most famous sorcerer
called Chao. 1t happened one day that Mr..
Fang came to consult the-oracle and Chao,
having OWNED by means of the tortoise dia-
gram, informed the trembling P'ang that he
had but six days to live. Now, however
much we may trust the sagacity and skill of
our family physician, We may be excused if,
In atmatter of life and death, we call in a
second doctor for consultation and in such
strait 1t Is not to be wondered at that P'ang
JsIhnldrepalr to another source to make sure
that trere waS-no mistake. To the fair Peach
blossom he went, young lady who had ac-
qulred some reputation as a sOrceress, and to
the tender feminine heart unfolded the story
OF MS woe. Her divination yielded the same
result as Chaos in six days P'ang shonld
die, unless, by the exercise of her magical
| p0wersF she could avert the catastrophe Her
! efforts were successful, and on the seventh
day great was Chaos astonishment, and still
greater his modification and rage, when he
met 1 anS taxing his evening stroll, and
learned that there lived a greater magician
than he: The story would soon get about.
and, unless he could put an end to his fail
rivals existence, his reputation would be
ruined; And this is how Chao plotted
go-between to Peachblossom's parents to in
| quire If their daughter was still unmarried.
and receiving a reply in the affirmative, he
Defooled the simple parents into believing
that he had a son who was seeking a wife,
ana ultimately he induced them to engage
feacnDlOsSom to him in marriage. The mar
rage cards were duly interchanged; but the
crafty Chao had chosen the most unluckv
day he could select for the wedding the day
when the Golden Pheasant" was in the as
cendant. Surely as the bride entered the red
chair the spirit bird would DESTROY her with
his powerful beak. But the wise Peachblos-
som knew all these things and feared not.
II Will go," she said Il will fight and de-
feat him. When the wedding morning came
sne gave directions to have rice thrown out
at the door, which the spirit bird seeing made
haste to devour, and while his attention was
thus occupied Peachblossom stepped into the
bridal chair and passed on her way un-
harmed. And now the ingenious reader
knows why he throws rice after the bride.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17


It's now more than two centuries since an
people from their homes and forced them to
take refuge on Cushing's Island, in the vi
cinity Of White Head. Almost every one in
Portland knows the historical fact: many
have sought to Identify the place where the
frightened settlers rallied, under the direc-
tion of their pastor; but few pause TO pic
ture TO themselves what must have been the
horrors of that flight. 1t is too far in the
past; the task of depicting the horrors of In
dian massacres may be left to history. 1t is
for this reason very difficult to realize that i'm
space Of time. not greater probably than~it
took for one of the refugees of old Falmouth
to reach Boston with his story-u woe. there
might come tS Us refugee from commu-
nltS~that is now experiencing just such ter
rors as the fathers of Portland went through
over two huGdred years ago. The dispatches
from Colorado tell us of cattemen riding
night and day with Indian bands behind them
and painting herds ahead; Of swift horsemen
galloping from house to house with the terri
bic cry that the Indians are coming;" of
fathers and mothers gathering their children
about them and leaving their home. to plum.
der in the hope that they may save themselves
from the tomahawk and the stake. 1t is the
same old story, to us too old to get excited
about, yet fearfully new and real to the poor
settlers in the vicinity of White River in
Northwestern Colorado. They have all
heard how Agent Meeker was murdered and
Major Thornburg'S command ambushed in
1879, and OF Chief Colcrow, who brings to
this outbreak bad name earned in those
troubles
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

Mr.. Ives fatters himself that all his swind-
ling operations have been carried on without
transgressing the letter of the law, and smiles
complacently when his prosecution is sug-
gested. The iniquity of his operations trouble
him not, SO long as he is not exposed to the
danger Of punishment Yet he is as bad
rascal as Fish or Ward or Jake Sharp
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

A New York Democrat, who is described
as ION quite intimate terms with both Pres
ident Cleveland and Governor Hill," is
quoted as authority for the statement that,
If Mr.. Cleveland wants another nomina-
tion, Mr.. Hill will not antagonize him. OF
course not. The Democrats of New York
love practical spokesman, and Hill and
every one else knows that President Cleve-
land just fills the bill.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

Mayor o'Brien Of Boston says the recep,
tion to Mr. John l.. Sullivan which he at
tended was a very orderly and respectable
show 1t may have been according to the
standard of the Boston of the Collinses and
the O'Briens," but what would the Boston
of the Puritans have said to its official head
patronizing an exhibition in honor of a noto-
rious bruiser and brute?
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

The Democratic State Committee of Mas
sachusetts has appointed subcommittee to
inquire into the holding of Federal offices
in that State by Republicans. Their report
will probably show that the President has
not been good enough civil service reformer
to satisfy the Independents nor a good
enough spokesman to satisfy the Jacksonian
Democracy The Boston Post doesn't think
this performance is calculated to help the De-
mocracy carry the State in November and is
heartily ashamed of it.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
CURRENT COMM EMIT.

now ABOUT THE LUCE PERFORMANCES?
[Boston Transcript
Two of the new gunboats are to he hnilt nv
the assignees of John Roach, which shows
among other things that John Roach's as
slgnees must be better shipbuilders than Sec
retary Whitney deemed their principal But
then as political issue the Roach cruisers
nave proved so ineffective, that Mr.. Whitney
may have concluded repetition of the Dol
phin foolishness uncalled for.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

The more the Chatsworth disaster is in
vestlgated the more certain it becomes that
the burning of the bridge was not the result
of design, but of carelessness, which the
road will have to pay for.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

Ex-Gov. Stanford's refusal to explain to
the Pacific railroad commission the uses to
which the Central Pacific funds were put will
confirm the Impression already prevailing
that they were not legitimate uses.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST IL.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nieations. The name and address of the writer
are IN all eases Indispensable, not necessarily ior
publication but as guarantee of good fallh'
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

The story of the sinking of an American
schooner off Buctouche by a shot from Ca
madam cruiser implies altogether too accu-
rate firing on the part Of the Dominion navy
to command belief
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

~ mail during June, July ana August only
Engraved plate and so cards for 81 90, including
postage. Plate good for 10000 impressions. Sat
i.siaeton guaranteed: Remit by postal note. Send
LOT Ior sample sheet w. W. DAVIS CO., Wedding
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

Prince Ferdinand certainly has courage.
1t may turn out that that quality in him is
far superior to his discretion.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

and wise liberality on the part of Congress
the United States may yet become a first
class naval power.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
AGENTS WANTED.

A GENTS WANTED-Tos sell nursery stock
1A-new roses, shrubs and small fruits a special
W no experience necessary; successful men can
Rochester, n. Y. augl6dSt
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

A New York police captain is of the opin-
ion that since the liquor shops serve as
places of Sunday resort for thousands of
men who have not cheerful homes, the harm
that they engender might largely be avoided
were there reading rooms, libraries and the
like open on Sundays here and there over
the city. He assumes that at present the
open liquor saloon is necessity of the New
York Sunday. Certainly the poor success Of
attempts to close the saloons on Sunday
shows that dominant opinion comedies with
the assumption of the police captain.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
Are You Familiar with the Plans
Union Mutual
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF PORTLAND, ME,
no you realize that this old and sterling CON-
~ pany is a HOME INSTITUTION, chartered
in 1S49 under the laws of Maine?
A RE you aware that this Company has paid TO
IA policy-h0ders or their representatives more
than TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS?
IT has to-day more than SIX MILLION DOL.
a LARS IN ASSETS, and over THREE HUN.
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SURPLUS.
calculated by the conservative standards of Maine
and Massachusetts,
L 7 pays its losses promptly Its policies are in
Il contestable after three years.
1T has liberal plans. Its affairs are carefully
Il managed by its Board Of Directors and Ofi-
GERS, whose integrity and ability are unques-
toned.
THE wise provisions of the Maine Non-Forfej-
IL ture Law apply only to the policies issued by
this Company, and under its workings extended
insurance is provided for in case of lapse.
TlHE NEW MAINE LAW CONVERTIBLE
IL POLICY of the UNION MUTUAL contains
every desirable feature in PERFECT LIFE IN
SURANCE POLICY.
If you will send your address to the Home Of
flee, or to any of its agents, shall be glad to fur
nish full Information In regard to the Company
and its plans.
VNHE UNION MUTUAL appeals TO residents of
IL Maine for thelr especial patronage, because
1t Is HOME COMPANY, and because Of its age,
experience strong, financial condition. large sur
plus, equitable and attractive plans and conserva-
tive management.
nIRECTORS.

EDWARD II. SECCoMB West Newton. Mass.
HoN. JOSIAH ii. DRUMMoND, Portland, Maine,
JOHN Il. DEWITT, Portland, Maine.
HENRY c. HUTCHINs, Boston, Mass.
Hon. PERCIvAL BONNEY, Portland. Me.
Hon. MARQUIS f. KING, Portland, Me.
THOMAS A. FOSTER, NJ. d., Portland, Me.
Hon. FRED. L. RICHARDS, ROckport, Me.
GEORGE l.. DEBLoIs, Boston, Mass.
EDWARD A. MOVES, Portland, Me.
HON. FREDERICK ROBIE, Gorham, Me.
FRANK K. ALLEN, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
MALE HELP.

WANTED honest, energetic, well edu-
w Gated young man, lS to 21 years Of age, to
learn the wholesale shoe business. SHAW. GOD
ING & CO., 164 to 100 Middle street. 12-1
VVANTED-An experienced clerk in the re-
w tail grocery business. GEO. G. SHAW &
CO., $50 Congress street, ISL
"ANTED-An energetic man. for an estab-
w lished business. Apply 81 Exchange St.
Room 27 @. STANSFIELD. III
WANTED steady young man Of 20 years
w TO learn drug business. Address Xxx,
Press Ofice. III
WANTED, 500 MEN - LabOrers and me
w chanics on the contract OF STAIRS, Askwith
& Cos Megantic Railroad near Moosehead Lake.
Me- For further particulars apply at their Offices,
Greenville. Me-; and for few days at the FAIL
MOUTH HOTEL, Portland. 1O-1
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
NOT GONE TO CALIFORNIA !


But still doing business at 1T Middle st. As
he expects to remove later he is selling Watches,
Clocks and JewelTy, Cheap 10 Close. Silver
Sets, Sc, jly2Odft
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
ROOMS.

ITO LET-Two connecting furnished rooms al
Il 106 PARK ST. I5-1
fHiO LET-Pleasant and thoroughly furnished
IL rooms, single or EN- suite. with modern con-
yenlences and perfect plumbing, at 94 PARK
street. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
Two Houses For sale ON Fessenden
Street. OnkhnIe. Deering.

nNE of said houses contains fifteen rooms and
~ bath room. Is steam heated piped for hot
and cold water and has a commOdlOus and extra
bnlShed stable connected The other contains
nlne rooms and In arrangement and style OF finish
is peculiarly attractive.
. said houses are within one mile of Market
square, Portland and convenient to the horse ears
and are among the most desirable houses ON
Deeling Land COmpany's property.
Also for sale one hundred or more house lots
Prices low; terms reasonable ENQUIRE of
ROLLINS q ADAMS, No. 22 Exchange ST., or
I. y. BAILEY CO., No Is Exchange St., Port
land. ie2Idtf
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

EOR sALE-St0ek and fixtures of a fancy
- goods store in neigboring city, at a moder-
aye aye price good location and trade. Enquire Of
OhENEh1 NCO. 1873
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

ENOR sALE-One story house, finished for 2
families, 10 rooms and wash room In base
ment, all as good as new, coats paint outside SO
leet land on the street, being back SO feet, nice
Sdruen, apple and pear trees, and currant, goose
Ing right on the White Mountains Apply 10 RIB
MHITCOMB, No. 81 Preble street, or No %
Cleaves street. I31
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

EOR SALE-In the western part of the city.
II new house with modern cOnveniences: very
desirable location. Address HOUSE, Press once.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
Safe as GOyernment Ronds-

Oaie as UOFernment Bonds.
with much greater returns, is an investment in In
dian-town Islands, adjoining BoOthbay, and near
sea. 0 "ANN
of shells and Indian relies where Tor eent,r,s
the aboriginals had city of wlgwams. consists M
eighty acres, diversified by grassy and woody
slopes anu steep preclpices, some attainin@
height OF Two hundred feet above the sea and
from rom the top ot which the prospect Is unriyalieG
~ hafdly deserves the name of "Islapd . since a.
low water there is easy access for earr,, dieo as
at small expense bridge would connect n With
IN tng nlln and steamers pass near It ON the route
70 BoOthbay leght or ten daily and for s,,my
cottages, where iaci tiles for SAILING and ridii
aLe are 9oIh desirable, this Is exceptionally oeafed
FIN T9r Iurther particulars address G. b. KENNIS-
Boothbay, Me. a,oedou,
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

PORTLAND. Monday. August %, 1887.
III SHALL sell at public auction the Brerwey
IL known as CascO Brewery, with the Land, con
tanning 10000 feet, with all the machinery, Cop
per Boiler, large Refrigerator, Washing Poney,
two Pumps, Water and Gas Piping, Boiler and
Engine, Cooling Coils, Shafting, Betting and Pull
lies; also two Iron kilns, Huges' latest improve
ment. This Brewery Is In good location for man
ufaeturing, being handy to Railroads and Steam
boats. PATRICK Nice GIINCHY
iyl9 did
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

ENOR sALE-I will sell at a bargain ION ac-
4 count OF Ill health), my farm situated In e. \
armouth, containing 100 hundred acres Of wood
land, upland and intervale. Running water to
buildings, near church, school and depot. Inquire
on the premises, j. H. BRACK EFT Ga
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

INOk sALE-A desirable property. consisting
u OF two story house. ell and stable. with Iof
Of land S0xllS, situated on the corner of one Of
the best streets in the city. The house contains
lO nnished rooms and has all modern conyen-
fences the stable Is lighted with gas piped for
Sebago and has excellent drainage, and has fin
lshed room Tor man. This property must be sold
at once, and any party wanting a stylish property
IN the best part OF the city will do well to cal as
the owner Is about leaving for the west. JOHN
+. PROCTOR, No. 93 Exchange ST. 1l-l
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
FEMALE HELP.
BOARD

WANTED-An experienced girl or woman TO
" assist n the care Of children. Address
7. O. BOX l437, City. 15-1
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
lust RECEIVED :

JUST RECEIVED - A car load Of wheat
~ Tor poultry from the west; this wheat Is put
up IN 100 ib bags, no charge for bags. and will be
sold Tor 81 80 per 100 Tbs; discount will be gy-
street, city. loJ
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
$i,6OO,OO0
OMAHA
WATER WORKS
Six Per Cent.
First Consolidated Mortgage Bonds.
DENOMINATION $1,000 EACH.
Principal due July Isi, 1907. COupons
payable Jnnuary and JuIyI.t
PAYABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE FARMERS
LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, n. ", TRUSTEE
FOR THE BoNDHOLDERs.
The American Water Works Co.

These bonds are part OF an authorized loan Of
$4,000 900, Of which 100000 are placed in trust
with The Farmers Loan and Trust Company New
York, for the purpose Of retiring an equal amount
of old bonds now outstanding as soon as they can
be redeemed, and the remaining s2,OOOOOO are
deposited In trust with the sameCompany 10 be Is
sued after January list, 1888, as may be requir-
ed TO defray the actual cash cost Of extensions Of
water mains and other additions TO the plant.
For the present, however, the entire Indebtedness
of the Company will be only 100000, upon
which the annual interest charge will amount to
$4,000.
The gross income OF the Company for the en-
suing year on the basis of present applications
and contracts will exceed 100000, and If the
average rate Of increase for the past three years
Is continued the basis Of earnings on July 1st,
1888 will not be less than s25O,OOO per annum,
but there is every indication that the percentage
OF Increase this year will be larger than ever be-
fore, the Company having added GOA new con-
sumers during the six months ending July 1st
1887, as compared with 556 for the year 1886.
The operating expenses for the ensuing year
will approximate SAC, 900, and after paying inter-
est and all other charges there will be a surplus
of more than $50, 900, exclusive Of any increase
in earnings beyond existing contracts.
Price IO3 and accrued interest, subject
20 advance without notice.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

Tor sALE-Ten Canada horses. for sale or
y y exchange xg Enquire l. n. RICHARDSON,
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17
TO LET.

IOR RENT - rooms in central part of the
~ city; gas and Sebago Inquire at 26 QUINCY
STREET. 1911
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

VHE UNION MUTUAL appeals to residents of
1t is HOME COMPANY, and because Of its age,
experience, strong, financial condition, large sur
plus, equitable and attractive plans and cOnserva-
tive management
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-17

ITO LET Rents In western section Of city /;
IL S11 month and upward Inquire Of G. =.
WALDRON, 40 Exchange street. 16-1